30th Annual Report 2017-18

158 Library In the period under review, the library added 56 books alongwith themajor eBook resources listed below: 1. Cambridge University Press (177 titles) 2. Springer Physics andAstronomy collection 2018 3. World Scientific eBooks (33 titles) In addition to the library subscriptions, access to the following e-resources was made available courtesy e-ShodhSindhu: Consortium forHigherEducationElectronic Resources , an initiative byMHRD, Government of India being executed by INFLIBNETCentre. 1. American Institute of Physics 5. SpringerLink 2. American Physical Society 6. Taylor and Francis 3. Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) Database 7. Web of Science 4. JGate Plus (JCCC) The ongoing initiatives undertaken by the library are listed below. 1. Off campus access to e-resources subscribed by the IUCAA library has been extended to IUCAAAssociates using IUCAALDAP authentication. The EZproxyAccess andAuthentication software facilitated this access. 2. The library supplied 153 full-text article requests and obtained 03 books against interlibrary loan for requests received from 55 academics (including students). The IUCAAlibrary lent out 07 books on interlibrary loan to other institutions and universities. 3. The library has deployed the Plex Media Server software for enabling streaming of HD videos of recorded lectures available with the library over the internet. 4. The archival content of Khagol (Quarterly Bulletin) andAnnual Report has been made available using Open Journal System (OJS). The library undertook the up-gradation of OJS along with the migration of the content on the new server. Further, to give an enhanced look to the content, the 'Flipping Book 'utility software has been implemented. The library was temporarily functioning from Akashganga Housing Colony since January 2017 on account of major refurbishment. Following completion of the renovation activity, the library began functioning from the ground floor area fromMay 2018. Power conditioning room for IUCAA Data Centre with UPS, battery banks and control panels